Swivel.



@mmh Patented Apr. 6, 1909* 'UNITEB srnfilns rattan FFE i -ANDREW OPsAL, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Crammed.April 6, 1909.

Application filed April 11,V 1908. Serial No. 426,580.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW OPsAL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregonhave :invented a new and, useful Improvement in Swivels, vof which the following is a specification, reference beingL scribed in the specificationoand illustrated in the drawings.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my improvement applied to a swivel-hook, showing the same as it appears when the swivel is completed; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the sockety part of my swivel.

Referring now to the letters as designating the parts described: the socket-member a, is

' a one-piece casting of malleable metal and so has a chamber d of such size as to receive therein theV fianged-bea'ring head b of the spindle-member c. `The cross area of said chamber d is made just a trifle larger than the diameter of the bearing-head b, so as to provide ample room for the rotation of the spindle c in the socket-member.l Projecting laterally from the linner faces of the an-` nular wall of the chamber d is an annular .i

rib e. The latter is located inward from the mouth of the chamber ,'andthe wall of said chamber is extended outward in the form of a Bange-like projection f, circumferentially enveloping the rib e. The rib e of the socketmember andthe flanged-bearing head 5 of the spindle-member are made of equal thickness since they must equally bear the stress imposed upon the spindle in work. The" spindle is further made with an uannular iiange g, corresponding in cross-section area with the rim-'flange'f of the socket-member. The purpose ofthe last described Vfeature is to provide additional means for taking care of the lateral torsional strain imposed upon my swivel in work. Therib e of the so'cketmember a is inserted in -the circumferential space of the spindle c, intermediate the flanged-bearing head t and the annular iange g.

To enable the insertion ofthe spindlemember in thev chambered part ci' of the socket-member, said chambered portion must be made sufliciently large to allowthe flanged-bearing head l) of the spindle-member to pass the rib e of the chamber d of the .j socket-member., Without limiting myself t0 any special type of construction to accomplish this. end, I deem it convenient to make the walls of said chamber d flaring, as shown in Fig. 2, and also indicated in dotted outline in Fig. 1. l

In putting the parts together, the spindle of my swivel is inserted in the chamber d of the socket-member, after which the Walls of the chambered portion d of the socket areJ compressed upon the spindle, so as to'irremovably engage the parts, as illustrated in Fig. 1. The com ression of the chambered part d of the soc et-member may be done without heating the socket-member, but the preferable manner of proceeding, in my judgment, is to previously heat the socketmember so as to facilitate the compression of the chambered part thereof upon the spindle, as described. The compression of the chambered part d of the socket-member aI on the spindle-member isaccomplished by the usual -and well known` means and method.

The projecting rim-fiange f Lof the socketmember, enveloping the .boss or flange g of the spindle, also protects the bearing of the' latter against dust and dirt.

I claim: j A

1. A swivel 'consisting of a one piece socketmember of malleable iron having a chamber with annular inwardly extending rib and depending r ight-lined rim iange, and a spindle member having a flangedbearing head and an annular right-lined iiange separatedv therefrom, the parts being united with the rib of the socket-member engaged between the flangesv of the spindle head, the depending v flange of the socket-member embracing the outermost flange of the spindle head.

2. In a swivel, a one-piece socket member 'of malleable metal formed with a chamber to receive a fianged bearing head of a spindle member, an annular inwardly extending rib located inward from the mouth of the chamber, and i flange-like projection circumferentially enveloping said rib, said flange being of the same thickness as the flange of the bearin head, the Walls of said chamber and l flange eing inclined and in line with each other and the inner Wall of said rib being` inl clined and parallel to the inclination of the l chamber and flange, said Wall being desi ned to be brought with the inner faces thereo and of the flange in vertical arallelism.

A DREW- OPSAL.

Witnesses:

vCECIL LoNGM S. M. PHILBRIGK. 

